:24:00
Look, there was a time when
people thought the earth
was a level plane...
:24:04
between two mountains
that were set there
to hold up the sky...
:24:07
and that the stars
were lamps hung from that sky.
:24:09
Then a better idea
came along and people
were willing to listen.
:24:12
Be realistic,John. We've
worked together before.
:24:15
In the meantime, you can
do an article for us.
:24:18
Yeah. Here.
:24:23
I already have.
:24:28
An intense young man.
Yeah, and an odd one too.
:24:32
More than odd, Bob.
Individual and lonely, a
man who thinks for himself.
:24:37
"Report on the
Arrival of Strangers
from Outer Space."
:24:53
Been hopin' I'd run
into you, Putnam.
:24:56
What's the matter, Matt ?.
Did I break a law ?.
You might call it that.
:24:59
Ellen's supposed to be
teachin' school today.
I told her to stay out of this.
:25:04
You know Ellen.
Yeah, I know Ellen, also knew
her father. I was his deputy.
:25:08
I mean to keep an eye on her.
Trouble is, she keeps trailin' afteryou.
:25:13
See this town doesn't
understand you pokin' around
out here in the desert,
:25:16
squintin' up
at the stars, and now
you come up with this story.
:25:19
This town !
The reason I came out
here to the desert...
:25:22
was to try and get away
from that kind of thinking.
:25:26
Putnam,
you frighten 'em.
:25:28
And what frightens 'em
they're against,
one way or another.
:25:32
Look, Matt,
I'm frightened too.
:25:35
You want to
destroy yourself,
that's your lookout.
:25:38
But leave Ellen alone.
She needs her job.
:25:48
Come on, Miss Fields,
give us a story.
Smile, please, Miss Fields.
:25:51
Joe, get it, will ya ?.
What about this monster
you ran into last night ?.
:25:54
Come on, fellows, stop
bothering her, will ya ?.
:25:57
We're just checkin'
your story.
What are ya tryin' to prove ?.
:25:59
That's what I was gonna askyou.
Maybe getting publicity
for a new bookyou're writing ?.